Stryker acquires SafeWire for MIS needles in spine surgery

Stryker buys startup to bolster safety in minimally invasive spine surgery (Fierce Medical Devices)
Orthopedics implant and spine player Stryker has acquired Florida-based startup SafeWire in order to add to its minimally invasive spinal surgery products. Stryker has been on an M&A tear of late--this deal follows the closure of three acquisitions earlier this month.
Of SafeWire's four products, Stryker highlighted two as of particular use to its Spine division: the Y-Wire guidewire and Tiger Jamshidi Needle Family. Y-Wire is designed to mitigate potential wire-based complications in minima...